Alma Taylor Movies

One of the last of the silent Sherlock films.

The story of a small valley community that is narrow minded and those who wish to leave it on the train that regularly hurries from the narrow valley.

Funny how we think of the loutish behaviour of some of today's teens as a modern-day phenomenon. Here, in a short film more than one hundred years...

Young heiress Margaret Yeoland is found unconscious on the Devonshire moors by a disillusioned author, Denis Marlowe. She tells him she has run away...

Two identical sisters are able to switch places, leading to a series of unfortunate incidents.

HELEN OF FOUR GATES was made in Hebden Bridge in 1920 by silent film pioneer Cecil M. Hepworth, based on a popular novel of the same name. Reportedly...

A crofter's daughter has a child by an outlaw and is condemned to death when it is stolen by a midwife's mad daughter.

Cecil Hepworth’s Vivaphone film features Hay Plumb singing George Robins’ optimistic 1906 ditty concerning the mischievous responses of a...

A European adventurer tries to steal from an ancient Egyptian tomb, only to become afflicted by a mysterious curse...

Girls dress in boys' clothes and trick boarders.

A man fakes an engagement to a typist to please his rich aunt.

An Essec sailor helps a girl save an heir from his crooked uncle.

British propaganda piece warning against buying German goods after the war, summer 1918.

'Lady introduces wounded cobbler to Minister of Pensions, who makes him gift from King's Fund.' (British Film Catalogue)

'Antique dealer's daughter loves foreman who makes fakes for ex-partner.' (British Film Catalogue)

Filmed using Vivaphone sound system. This was invented by Cecil M. Hepworth, and performers mimed to a 10" record.

Tomboys play tricks on their uncle when he flirts with a maid.

Two young men help two girls escape.